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1 Dead, 9 Missing as Boat Capsizes in Odisha
One dead and nine people are missing after a boat capsized in a river in Kendrapara district of Odisha, reported ANI.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 4 lakh each for kin of deceased and free treatment for the injured.
Plea in HC Against Holding Thiruvarur Bypoll
A plea has been filed in the Madras High Court to forbear the Election Commission from conducting the bypoll to Thiruvarur constituency as it said the election would affect relief work undertaken in the region following Cyclone 'Gaja'.
The cyclone lashed the southern state in November last.
The EC had recently announced that the by-election would be held on 28 January.
(Source: PTI)
Norwegian PM to Visit India, Address Raisina Dialogue
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg will come on a three-day state visit to Indian from 7 January during the course of which she will deliver the inaugural address at the annual Raisina Dialogue, a multilateral conference on international issues, it was announced on Wednesday.
During the course of her visit, Solberg will hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi besides calling on President Ram Nath Kovind, the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
"Prime Minister Solberg will deliver the inaugural address at the Raisina Dialogue," the statement said.
(Source: IANS)
Kurdish Fighters Withdraw from Strategic City of Manbij
Bashar al-Assad-led Syrian regime says Kurdish fighters withdraw from strategic city of Manbij.
(Source: AFP)